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MINIATURE BOWLING ALLEY Filed June 3, 1950 12 SheeRs-Sheet 12 INVENTOR. JEEEY C KOC/ AT T OBNE X Patented June 30, 1953 2,643,884- M AT RE B LING AL Jerry G. Koci; Barrington, 111., assjgnor. tq Qhi' cago CoinMach ne (10., Ghicagm, 111., a, cor-p ration of Illinois;

This invention relates to a game'apparatusaand particularly to a miniature bowling alley 'with electrical scoring means and electrical controls for determining the duration of a game. The invention hereinafter described makes it possible for one player to use the game or for two players to compete against each other. In accordance with the invention, electrically operated means are provided for indicating the number-of frames for either solo or dual play and also for showing the score for either solo or dual play.

The invention, in general, provides a bowling alley which may be put into operativecondition by coin controlled or other manually controlled switching means, such switching means being adapted to be operated so that the game may be used either for solo or dual play. The switching means energizes a suitable stepping switch which conditions circuits so that the system returns to a starting position with all scores set to zero and conditions these circuits so that solo or dual operation may. be provided. Theelectrical scoring means handles the scoring in a manner generally resembling a conventional bowling alley.

The game apparatus specifically embodying the present invention shows ten pins arranged in the customary manner and has suitable electrical switching means positioned at appropriate places to be actuated by the game element, a puck or ball as the case maybe. The arrangement of switches is such that when a puckor ballengages a certain switch corresponding to a certainpin, a number of pins will be effectively disabled; Thus for example, it is well known in a conventional bowling alley, that if the ball strikessomewhat to the left or right of number one pin that a strike may result. The same possibilities exist in the game, the switching means being so arranged that when the game element such asa puck or ball strikes the switch corresponding to a strike position, then the scoring may provide for a strike. Conversely, when other switches are energized, a certain number of pins will be ing pins being knocked down in a conventional alley. Provisionsfor spares are made in scoring.

In a conventional alley; it is well known that the speed of the, ball as well as such variables'as the direction of spin of the; ball and, the side of the pin struck by the ballwill determine to a degree the actual number of pins which may fall.

ing. It. is true that this random variation in scoring is notunder the control of the player so that in effect, the player has no control over the scoring within somelimits. However, this ran dom variation in scor'ingmakes a game more enjoyable and provides an element of competition and demands skill so' that the enjoyment of the gameis enhanced.

Scoring is accomplished by a number of stepping switches suitably arranged and controlled to accomplish a desired result.

In order that-the invention may be understood, it will now be explained in detail, particular reference being made. to the drawings wherein Fig.1 is a perspective view or a game embodying the present invention. Fig; 2 is a' side elevation with certain parts remove'dfshowing the arrangement of various portions of the electrical system forming the subjeotm'atterbf this invention. Fig. 3 is a transverse view of the arrangement of switchingfingers to be engaged or actuated'by a game element. Figure 4 is a diagram showing the ar rangement of the remaining sheets of drawing making up a complete circuit layout of a system embodying the invention. Figs. 5 to 14 inclusive are parts ofthe circuit forming the subject matter of'thepresent invention. Fig. 15 is a detail of the frame counting switch. Figure 16 illustrates a mechanical relay interlock.

Referringfirst to Figs. l to 3 inclusive, the game forming the subject matter of the present invention may be housed inja wooden cabinet l0 supported on legs Hand having alley [2. The sides of the alley are bounded by walls [3 and M. The front end of the alley is bounded by wall 15 having layer [6 of felt or rubber. The rear of the alley is bounded by abutment [8 of felt or rubber-supported in a suitable manner from structure [9 extending the full width of the alley.

Disposed across thea lley near the rear thereof is superstructure 2 haying scoring panel 22 and target area 24. This targetarea shows a perspec tive view of ten pinslarranged inthe conventional triangle, number one pinbeing at the, front apex and the remaining pins. being numbered in the conventional fashion, namely; from left to right along successive rows. Thus pin number I is at the front apexand pin, T isat the left apex of the entire triangle and pin I 0. is at the right apex or the entire triangle formed by allithe pins. Inasmuch as this arrangement in numbering the pins is conventional, a detailed showing and discus,- sion thereof is deemed. tobe unnecessary. V

Controlling the game is coin slide 25 associated with sW IQh me ns A shownin detail inthe wir- 3 ing system to be described later. Instead of coin slide 26, any other manual control may be provided for rendering the game system operative and selecting solo or dual play.

Supported on base 19 is a series of pivoted fingers 28 to 38 inclusive. With the exception of fingers 32 and 34, all the fingers are generally S-shaped and bent as shown in Fig. 2 so that one part of the finger extends downwardly in front of abutment l8 forming the rear end of the alley. Fingers 32 and 34 have simple extensions oing down in front of alley wall 18 butotherwise are the same as the remaining fingers. Switch fingers 28 to 38 inclusive are disposed across the alley and positioned so that they are behind certain pins. End fingers 28 and 38 are not behind any pins at all and merely register a frame, this corresponding to a ball rolling down the side gutters in a conventional alley without touching any pins. Fingers 29 and 3'! are behind pins 7 and I3 respectively. Fingers 3D and 36 are behind pins 4 and 3 respectively. Fingers 3i and 35 are behind pins 8 and 2 on one hand and 9 and 3 on the other hand respectively. Finger 33 is behind pins l and 5. Finger 32 is located behind a point to the left of pin I as seen from the front. Finger 34 is located in the corresponding position at a point behind pins I and 3 somewhat to the right of pin 1.

As previously indicated, a game element, such as a puck or ball, striking fingers 28 or 38 will only register a frame and will'not register any score. Assuming all pins illuminated at the beginning of a frame, the following will occur. Fingers 29 and 31 respectively, will register pins 1 and 1B respectively in addition to functioning as a part of a frame scoring means. Finger will register pins 4, l and 8 while finger 36 will register corresponding pins 6, 9 and [0. Finger 3| will register pins 2, 4, 5, l, 8 and 9. Finger will register pins 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and I9. Finger 33 will register all but pin I8. Sometimes pins 4 and i only will be left or pins 4, l and I0, depending upon the position of the stepping switches. Finger 32 alone will register 2, 4, 5, I, 3, 9 and finger 34 alone will register 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and H3. Due to the size of the puck and fingers, these will hardly ever operate alone. Fingers 3| and 32 together will register a strike. The same is true of fingers 34 and 35. As a rule, the puck-or ball is large enough so that it will generally strike several adjacent switch fingers. Thus for example, finger 33 will generally be tripped together with finger 32 or 34. a Some variation from the above scoring on the first puck will arise because of one scoring switch having a random effect. The second puck will catch the remaining pins in the groups controlled by the fingers. Each switch finger cooperates with switches to be described hereafter and indicated by capital letters with a double prime. Thus for example, finger 28 cooperates with switch F while finger 38 cooperates with switch T". The remaining fingers 29 to 31 inclusive cooperate respectively with switches G", H, K". M", N", P", Q", R" and S".

The scoring is indicated in the scoring panel by illuminated indications, the lamps being controlled by the electrical system to be hereinafter described. The gong or other announcing means may be provided to indicate a strike, the winding for the gong being shown as A" and being suitably wired in the system to be energized upon the occurrence of a strike' First a general description of the system will be given without reference to the detailed wiring, this being given later. Relays A to H inclusive (Figs. 5 and 7) and X, Y and Z (Fig. 13) are provided, these relays being conventional relays. Each relay has an actuating winding with contacts suitably operated by an armature so that some contacts which are normally open are closed and other contacts which are normally closed are open.

Relays K, M, N and P to V inclusive (Figs. 6 and 8) are also more or less conventional relays each having individual operating windings. However, these relays are mechanically interlocked with relay W so that the contacts of this group of relays may be released when winding W is energized. It is understood, of course, that if any of the relays of this interlocked group have not been operated, the releasing action of winding W will be idle. All relays are shown in a normal position.

Figure 16 illustrates a simple construction for interlocking relays referred to above. Thus armature Will is tied to cross bar Wl2. Each relay in the interlocked group, as V for example, has armature 39 provided with looking tip 3|. Spring 32 normally biases armature 36 away from the winding so that 3| may look against slide 35 and retain 35 in locked position against the pull of spring 33. The movable contacts are engaged by slide bar 35. When the armature is pulled up slide 35 moves to the position shown. When W is energized, cross bar Wl2 pushes slide 35 back to a locked position.

There are six stepping switches. Thus stepping switch B (Fig. 12) has two positions-solo play and dual play, respectively. This stepping switch is controlled by a player depositing a coin which releases switches A for operation by a player. For convenience, switches A will be referred to as coin controlled. When coin controlled switches A are operated once, stepping switch B remains in or goes to solo position and if A is operated twice,-stepping switch B will advance to the dual position. Stepping switch B has its position determined by the number of coins used in connection with switches A (and the number of manual operations of the switches). For convenience, stepping switch B is shown in the drawings and at times referred to as a coin switch. At the end of a game, stepping switch B is dead. This stepping switch has a conventional operating coil for advancing the wiper and a reset coil for restoring the switch to an off position.

Stepping switch C (Fig. 11) is provided for showing the number of frames played. This stepping switch has a number of contacts together with operating and reset windings and is adapted to control lights 1 to If! inclusive for indicating the number of frames played. Figure 15 shows the internalwiring of this switch.

Stepping switch D (Fig. 12) has three series of contacts cooperating with wipers. This stepping switch has one operating winding for advancing the switch. In addition, the stepping switch is open in a home position butclosed in other positions of the switch. Stepping switch D (Fig. 11)- is simpler than D, these two stepping switches being used for scoring from 1 to 9 inclusive for each player. It is understood that in the event that only one person plays, then only one stepping switch, D, will be operative. These two stepping switches are adapted to control score indicating lights marked from 1 to 9 inclusive. Switch D can give twodifierent scores for the same energizlng; impulses; so. that; random scoredifieren es are: possible with thesame pinswhtches;

Stepping switches E" (-,1Tig ;..1f1-)v andE. (Fig. l3.) are similar to each: other and are.ar1t nsed-; o,1n dicatethe score for: each. player in, multiples of. 1 up to 100 and then in the hundreds;v These two stepping switches have contacts; which, have one position when the switch is: in the home; position and another position when the stepping switch is moved from the home position. The stepping switches are advanced duringa game by the operation of. scoring finger contacts adapted to be hit by; the playing element going downthe, alley. Thus for example. stepping switch D.- and stepping switch E together will handle thescore ranging froml tov 30.0 of one. player while steppin switches D" and E will handl the: correspondscore for the other player...

Two motor driven switch assemblies. are-pro. vided, onev such switch assembly generally controlling the. scoring and being driven by scoring motor F (Fig. The other-motor:drivenswitch assembly relates generally to the frames and is driven by a motor indicated by 3' (Fig. 5). Each of these two motor driven switch assemblies has a number of cams controllingswitch fingers; The scoring motor also drives a wiper playing over a bank of contacts. This pulses; stepping switches D and E. or D" and E".

Scoring lights showing whichpin orpinsin the alley have been knocked down are provided, these lights beinglit at, the beginning of a frame to correspond to all pins being set up in an alley at the beginning of a frame. In the event of a strike, a. bell rings and a light goes on showing that a strike has been made. If a spare occurs, a spare light goes on. For convenience, the various parts of the wiring are shown as interconnected through conventional plugs and sockets. The wiring numbers, however, remain, the same and in order to provide some. flexibility in showing the wiring in the drawing, the plugs. and sockets are retained.

Referring back to when coin-operated switch A (Fig. 9) is. actuated, not only is stepping switch B (Fig. 12) operated, but in addition, the remaining stepping switches arev reset to zero so that the score and frame. indications are ready for the beginning of the game. Relay W (Fig. 8)

is also operated to return any of the interlocked relays to a normal unlocked position. Also both of the motor-operated switch assemblies are, ener-= gized with the switches moving toward one of a number of possiblev home positions.

When a solo game is being played it will be understood that the scoring is done by the two stepping switches D and E with frame stepping switch 0" advancing in a conventional manner.

Before describing the circuit of the system. in detail, certain mechanical parts of the system will now be taken up. Thus motor F drives a series of elements for obtainingcertain switching actions. Motor F carries on its shaft cam disc G having one rise which is adapted tomomentarily open contact fingers G! and G2 when the motor is energized. The way the. parts are arranged, motor F makes 360 for an operating cycle and stops with the parts arranged substantially as shown.

Cam disc H also has one rise which cooperates with two differently located pairs of contact fingers H'l and H'2 as one pair and H's and H'fl as the other pair. This, disc is angularly displaced with respect to. G" in order to obtain a, desired sequence of operations. The motor shaft also '6 carries; disc Ki having: a. cam. slot? as. shown and cooperating: with contact fingers: as: shown. The slot of K" is behi-nct the-rise; of from anoperating angle soithatxK"switch fingers will be operated at: a.v time. between. H l and. H on the one hand: and H33: and; H4- on. the other hand.

MotorF" also drivesserrated camdisc M having two. groups-.01: five serrations each. Disc M" is oriented so that normally the serrations are displaced from the series. of contact fingers cooperating therewith. This disc serves to zero scoring stepping: switches D" and D" at the beginning of agame.

Motor F" also. drives three wipers functioning as one mechanical and electrical unit; These wipersv cooperate with a central grounding ring l carried upon: a suitable insulating stationary disc N". Beyond ring I isa series ofcontacts all connected together by a wire and: indicated by numeral l l. A- third series of contacts are numberedZ to l3inclusive. Contact H of the outer most series is connected to series H; Contact 13 is in two. parts, connected together as shown. The wipers are driven counterclockwise and one wiper plays overthe contacts from I3- down. The second series of contacts numbered H actually has contact points onlyin line with. contacts 3', i, 6, and 9. Normally the wipers for N are, dead because the two outer series of contacts are. in, open circuits. These two outer series of contacts are connected to contactsin the bank of relays K to V inclusive and these contacts are normally open at the beginning of each frame.

Frame motor P also drives a series of. cam discs having fingers or slots as shown cooperating with contact fingers suitably numbered. The angular orientation of; these cams, and contact fingers is as shown and thereason for that will become apparent when the operationof. the. system is described.

Stepping switches D" and 13" are. of the. type having a single operating winding. advancing a pawl and ratchet disc with wipers playing over a series of contacts. The mechanical construction of such stepping switches is well known and many are available on, the market, In, addition, these stepping switches as well as others here. used carry one or more pinson the ratchet disc. for operating on some contact fingers. either at, the beginning or end of the travel range of the ratchet disc as shown in. Patent, 2,222,217 for example. In someinstances the contact fingers are operated just when the operating winding. is energized. Thus in D; the. lever system be}- tween the winding and pawl also operates. certain contact fingers.

The wiring arrangement of switch D." i clear from the drawing and will be described in the description of the wiring of the entire, system. However, switch I)" is wired cliffierently- Thus D has one outer series of stationary contacts I to 9 inclusive together with one contactless position subtending an arev Of degrees. C0? operating with these contacts are wipers ll, l2 and [-3, ll having one finger and f2. and I3 each having two fingers connected together and the three wipersibeing also 120apa1ttf Allthewipers are connected together. andv grounded as shown. The inner wiper fingers cooperate with two series of inner contacts. Qne series, running from. T5 to I51 inclusive is connected together. Theother series runs. from. It to I'Bj inclusive and is also connected togther. The two series. are arranged so that the individual. contacts alternate Con tacts bearing the same letter occupy adjacent wiper steps, adjacent pairs, however, being separated by a dead wiper step. Contacts I1 and I8 are connected together by a wire, these two contacts having 120 degrees between them, with contact I8 being two wiper steps away from contact I. Contacts I! and I8 are circularly aligned with contacts I to 9 inclusive. Thus as shown, contact Ifig is radially aligned with contact 2. Contact Ig is radially aligned with contact 3. Then the inner series of contacts skip the space corresponding to contact 4 and the pattern repeats. It is understood that contacts I to 9 inclusive are successively engaged by successive advance of the wipers. The normal rest position of the switch when starting a game is as shown with the three wipers free of all contacts. Then one clockwise step of the ratchet (the normal direction of ratchet travel) will move wiper I2 a second step from contact I1, wiper II to contact I and move wiper I3 to contact I6. The fact that at contacts I, 4 and I there are no corresponding inner contacts in the I5 and I6 series introduces the random scoring efiect previously referred to and to be described in detail later.

The remaining stepping switches are wired as shown in the drawing. In connection with switch B, this only has two positions and the ratchet disc need only have two teeth. This stepping switch as well as E and E" are of the type having both operating windings for stepping the ratchet up against a spring and reset windings for releasing the ratchet discs back to starting position. Such a stepping switch follows the same general construction as the others and an example of this type of switch is shown in Patent 2,281,262..

Referring now to frame switch C, Figure this is the same type as E and E" with operating and reset windings. This switch has two travel ranges against a spring and when reset the, ratchet disc is returned to zero. The detailed wiring ofthis switch is shown in Figure 15. This switch has a series of fixed and movable contacts to I inclusive and 8 and 9 which are operated in a conventional manner by a pin on the ratchet disc at the beginning and end of one travel range respectively. These contacts and their'action will be described in greater detail later. In addition, there are terminals It! to inclusive which are wired up to wiper contacts. The wipers consist of three sets of wipers 26, 21 and 28 respectively. Wiper 26 consists of a single grounded blade extending to the outermost series of contacts upon the contact carrying disc. Wiper 28 consists of two leaves connected together but insulated from ground and wiping on the two outer series of contacts. Wiper 2! has three interconnected leaves insulated from ground and bearing upon the three series of contacts. The spacing between the closest individual contacts measures the travel for one step of the switch. Pin 29 carried by the ratchet disc retains contacts I to I inclusive in one normal position at the beginning of a game from which position the clockwise travel of the ratchet disc moves the pin away from these contacts and permits them to change. Pin 30 carried by the disc engages contact 8 and closes it against 9 to terminate the entire game. The maximum operating range of the switch is steps, this being the maximum number of puck throws down the alley for adual game. For a solo game, the range is cut down to 20 steps. The total number of teeth on the ratchet disc is 100 and the contacts are spaced and wired as shown.

Thus terminal 2 0 is connected to adjoining contacts u to 'I flc inclusive and to [0d spaced 40 steps away from Illa. Terminal II is connected to a group of four adjoining contacts Ila to Hal inclusive and also to a group of two contacts He and I If just beyond Illrl. Similarly terminals I2 to It inclusive are connected to four adjoining contacts of each group lettered a to d inclusive and to a. pair of adjoining contacts 8 and 1. Terminal 2:! is connected to a continuous contact strip 28a extending from a point one step ahead of contact Illa (clockwise around the contact disc) to a point radially in line with 24a. A second contact ring ZIa extends from a point radially in line with Hid to a point radially in line with ISf. Just beyond l9) clockwise on the contact disc i contact 2511 connected to terminal 25. Beyond 25a is a group of twenty contacts 23a to 23w inclusive (letters 1', Z and 0 not being used) connected 'to terminal 23. Terminal 22 is connected to a third circular series of contacts 22a to 2210 inclusive. Contact 22a is radially to the left of Illa with 221) in line with Illa. Contact 220 is in line with lid. The contacts in the 22 series are in pairs with a blank index position space between adjacent pairs. Terminal 2A is connected to contact 24a in the outer ring just to the right of Illd and also to contact 24b radially in line with 25a.

Single contact wiper 26 controls the change over from one player to another in a dual game. Double contact wiper 23 is active for a solo game for controlling the frames. The remaining three contact wiper 2? is active in a dual game.

Energization of the operating winding results in the ratchet disc advancing one tooth against a spring. Energization of the reset winding releases the ratchet disc to return to zero position shown. The angular spacing between wipers 26, 2! and Ell is as shown, the wipers being in the zero position.

Now specifically referring to the circuit shown in Figures 5 to 14 inclusive, the coin slide controls switch A having seven contacts (Fig. 9) In this switch, as the remaining portions of the system, the movable contacts will be shown as longer than the fixed contacts and for convenience, reference to these contacts will merely be by number. Thus switch A has contacts A& and A'G connected together, these two being connected by wire Jc to a terminal on plug 110. Contact A'2 is connected by wire A'Y also to a terminal of plug pc. Similarly contacts A3, A' i, A'B and A? are connected by Wires AZ, Jb, Ja and AE' to terminals of plug pc. Bell coil A forming part of a hell or other signaling means to indicate a strike is connected by wire AI to wire Jo and by wire A"2 to wire A"Q to a terminal of plug pc.

Now referrin to socket'sc (Fig. 11) the wires previously identified continue as follows: Wire AY goes to contact Yi of relay Y and the lower terminal of the winding. Wire J c connects variour parts of the system. Thus conductor Jc is connected to the right terminals of the operating winding of ste ping switch D (Fig. 12) and the operating winding of stepping switch D (Fig. 11) to the top terminal of the operating winding of stepping switch C (Fig. 11) contact C'2 of this same stepping switch, to the lower terminal of the operating winding of relay K (Fig. 13) to contact Y5 of relay Y, to the upper terminal of the operating winding of relay Z and to the left terminals of the operating windings of stepping switches E (Fig. 14) and E" (Fig. 13).

Returning to socket so, wire AZ goes to con- ,9, tact 2i and the lower terminal of the operating winding for relay Z. Beginning again from socket Sc, Wire A"Q goes to a terminal or plug no. Again returning to socket 'sc, wire J'a goes down to a terminal of plug Wire A'E" runs from a terminal of socket so to the lower terminal of the reset winding oi stepping switch E" and also to the lower t rm inal of the reset winding of ste in switch Returning to socket so, Wire J?) is a ground wire which goes to stepping switches D and D" to a terminal of the operating and reset windings of stepping switch B, to the ground on stepping switch C, to contacts I, A and 9 of relay X, to ground on stepping switches E and to every plug and socket and to practically every part of the entire system includin transformer winding W", and contacts on relays K, M, N, P, Q and R. Tl'lus, referring to relay K, wire Jb ties the following contacts together; 6, 8, H]. In relay "contacts 6, 3 and I!) are tied together. In relay N, who do is connected to contacts "I and I3 and in re1ay 'P to contacts I2, in, H3 and I9. In relay Q, wire Jo is connected to contacts #1 and 6, and in relay R to contact 8. Wire Jb is also connected to terminal 2 of motor P, to conta t 2 of switch finger S? and to contact RM. Wire Jb continues to contact 4 of relay F and contacts I and t of relay G. Wire Jb also continues and is connected to "contact NI and to contacts K2 and 4.

Wire AQ may be followed from plug no to the corresponding terminal of socket so to contact Q? of the switch ringers cont-rolled by cam Q. Wire may be followed from plug pa to socket so, and from there as a common return for the windings of relays A, C, E, F, H, relays K, M, N, P, R, T, V, this same "wire continuing to terminal F'I and G2 of the scoring motor assembly. I p

Referring now to the switch fingers operated by the puck, the switches are indicated as shown by capital letters with a double prime. Thus number 1 and *2 contacts of fingers F and 'T" are connected together by Wires J-gD and Jo to terminals on plug pd. These two wires also connect contacts s and t or switches 1 and contacts 3 and d of switches K", N", Q", R" and. S". It wil'lbe noted, that Wire J b in plug pd may be followed through socket sd right around to socket so and socket sib to plug pa and plug no and from plug pa to socket so.

Going back to the switch fingers, contact I of switch G" is connected by wire -G"C to plug pd. Contact 2 of switch G" is connected to contact I of switch H". Contact G"'3 is connected to Wire 'G"A While 'G"E is connected to H i4, M"'4, N"2, P"2, S"2 and Wire JeD to plug pd. I-I"2 and are connected by wires J5 and H"A to plug pd. K! and MJ'I are connected to wire M"K on plug "pd. K"2,1 VI"2,'P"2,Q"2 and 'R"2 are connected by wire JdD to plug pd. M3

and P"3 are connected by wire PTC toplug pd. NW is connected by NR to plug pd. P"! and 'QI are connected by wire Q"M to plug pd.

R"I is connected by R"Q to pd. S"I is connected to wire J 7'. These wires running from the switches to terminals of plug .pd may be traced by referine; to socket s'd. Referring now to this socket, wire P' 'C runs to contact 4 of relay '0. Wire G"'C goes to CI. Wire JcD runs to contact t of relay D. The next wire Jb is a ground and has "already been traced. Wire QTeD runs to contact I of rela D. Wire JdD runs to contact oi iel'ay D.

Wire -N"'R runs to the right hand terminal of the o erating winding for relay R. Wire M"K runs to contact IQ of relay 'K. Wire Q"M runs to contact 1'9 "of relay M. Wire l-I A runs to junction H NA. From this junction wire I-I"A runs to contact '3 of relay A. From junction EY'NA, wire 'HN runs to junction MH"N. From this latter junction one connection goes to contact I5 of relay N while another connection MN goes to'oontao'tfi of relay K.

Wire R"Q goes to junction MR"Q. From this junction, one connection goes to contact '9 of relay Q. Another "connection is made by wire MQ to contact '5 of relay 'M. Referring back to socket sd, wire G A runs to Junction G-AS. From this junction, wire G' A runs to contact 5 of relay A. Also w ne runs r-ro'm this junction to junction G'fKS. From this last named junction, a connection goes to contact I of relay S and another connection is made by wire G"-K to contact 8 of relay N and also to contact 1 of relay K. The last wire rrom socket $11 is J7. This runs up to contact I of relay A. Wire J7 is also connected to contact I of relay T, to contact 5 of relay Q, and to contact 1 of relay M.

Referring now to plug pa (Fig. 11) the wires from this plug will be traced to the various parts of the system. Thus beginning with the top right hand terminal, wire M'E" goes to contact I of stepping switch E". This contact is normany closed against movable contact 2 which is grounded. Referring back to plug no the next wire Jo has already been traced. The third wire from the plu is 'C'R Z which goes to terminal 23 of stepping switch C. The next connection on plug 21% is ground wire J1) and this has already been described. Wire W'L' extends .from a terminal of plug no to the left terminal of two lamps marked Game over" and 2nd P lay'er" respectively. The "Game over lamp when lit in'dicates that the same is finished while the 2116 Player lamp when lit indicates that a dual game is in progress. Returnin to 'pIug "pa wire DC goes to C011- t'act '5 of stepping switch C. Wire DE extends up to the left terminal of the operating winding for stepping switch D Wire 'EL from plug pa. goes to the right terminal of the 2nd Player lamp.

Referring now to the left row of contacts of blue {to and beginning with the top, wire M'E extends from the plug to contact I of stepping switch This -contact normally closes against grounded contact 2.

Returning to the plug, wire KE" is connected to contact 3 of stepping switch E. At junction ,K'EE" on this wire a lead goes to contact 3 on stepping switch 5". The third contact is connected by wire C'H' to the lower terminal of the operating winding of C. The next contact on the plug is connected by wire HE to contact 22 of stepping switch D' and this same wire continue's to the right terminal of the operating coil of stepping switch E.

T-h'e next contact on the plu is connected by wire DL to the right terminal of lamp Game Or/er. Wire XE extends from plug pit to contact Iiof relay X. Wire HE" extends to junctron i-IE"D From this junction a lead contin-ues to the right terminal of the operating winding of stepping switch E". From junction H E'd?" a connection goes to contact 22 or stepping s itch D. The next contact on plu pa isgconnect'edto 'wir'e Jc already described.

Referring back toplug' on, wire D"'E goes to 11 the left terminal of the operating winding for stepping switch D. The last plug terminal is connected to two wires EX and LE. Wire EX goes to contact Iii of relay X. Wire LE goes to the right terminal of lamp 1st Player.

Referring now to socket sa (Fig. 9) the corresponding wires from the plug will be traced. These wires carry the same letters on both the plugs and sockets. Thus starting at the top and on the left hand column of terminals, wire ME extends to contact 4 of switch M. The next contact on the socket is connected by wire KE to junction GKE. From this junction wire GE extends to contact 3 of relay G. Returning back to this junction wire KE has a connection going down to contact l! of relay P. This same wire KE' is connected to contact '5 of switch K, and to contact 2 of scoring motor F- Returning to socket sa, wire CH goes to junction CH'R. From this junction, wire CR goes to contact 3 of switch R. Returning back to junction CHR, wire CI-I goes to contact 4 of switch H.

Returning to socket so, wire HE runs to contact 3 of relay H. Wire DL runs to contact 3 of relay D. Wire XE goes to junction PXE. From this junction, wire XE goes up to the left terminal of the operating winding for relay E. From junction PXE, wire PX goes to contact 4 of relay P. Returning to the socket, wire HE" goes to contact I of relay H. From this same contact, wire HE goes to contact 3 of relay E.

Returning to socket sa, wire Jc is a junction wire and goes to the top terminal of secondary W of the transformer. This same wire is also connected to contact I of switch T. Wire Jc continues around and is connected to contact i of relay B and also to the right hand terminal of the winding of this same relay. This same junction wire continuesaround to the left hand terminal of the operating winding for relay D.

Returning to the socket, wire DE goes to junction MDE. From this junction, wire DE goes to contact 9 of relay E. From this junction, wire M'D" goes to contact 2 of switch M. Wire LE goes to contact 6 of relay E. Going to the right hand column of terminals on socket so, the top terminal is connected to wire M'E.

Returning back to socket sa, wire CR'2 goes to junction CCR. From this junction, wire CC goes to the left terminal of the operating winding for relay C. Wire CR2 goes to contact I of switch R. The next terminal on socket so is connected to junction wire Jb which wire has been previously followed through. Wire WL goes to junction WRL from which point a lead 6R goes down to a contact on socket se. Wire WL continues to junction W'LR. From this junction a lead goes'down to contact 6 of relay R while a lead goes up from this-junction to an intermediate terminal of secondary W of transformer U.

Referring back to socket sa, wire DC goes up to junction KDC. From this junction, wire DC goes to the right terminal of the operating winding for relay D. Returning back to the junction, wire KC goes to contact I of switch K.

From socket so, wire D'E goes to junction MD'E. From this junction, wire D'E goes to contact I of relay E. From this same junction, wire MD extends to contact 3 of switch M. The last terminal on the socket is connected to wire EL. This wire goes to contact 4 of relay E.

Referring now to switch G (Fig. contact I is connected by wire GG to the. right terminal of the operating winding for relay G. Contact 2 of this same switch is connected to junction wire J a previously described.

Referring now to switch H, contact I is connected by wire I-IW to the left terminal of the operating winding of the reset relay W. Contact 2 of this same switch H is connected by wire HV to the lower terminal of primary winding V of transformer U. Returning to H, contact 3 is connected by wire HP through junction PH'Q" to contact I5 of relay P. Contact 4 of switch H is connected by wire CI-I to various parts of the system as previously described.

Referring now to switch K, the connectionsfor contacts I to 5 inclusive have already been described. The same applies to contacts I to 4 inclusive of switch M.

Referring now to the terminals of N, these are numbered I to I3 inclusive. Terminal I has already been described as connected to junction- Jb. Terminal 2 is connected by wire NT to contact d of relay T. Terminal 3 of the series of contacts in N is connected by wire NV to contact I of relay V. Terminal 4 of N is connected by wire NM to contact I I of relay M. Wire NM is connected by wires KM and. MN to contacts KH and N5 respectively. The fifth terminal of this bank is connected by wire N'S to contact 4 of relay S. The next terminal 6 is connected by wire NQ to contact i of relay Q. The seventh terminal is connected by wire NK to wire MK connecting Kl3 and MI 3.

Terminal 8 of the switch bank is connected by wire NN to contact 4 of relay N. Terminal 9 of N is connected by wire MN to contact I5 of relay M. The tenth terminal is connected by wire KN to contact I5 of relay K. The eleventh terminal is connected by wire NR to contact 4 on relay R. Terminal I2 of N is connected by wire PN to contact 9 of relay P. The thirteenth terminal of N is connected by wire N'P to contact II of relay P and by wire NU to contact 5 of relay U.

Referring now to the switches controlled by frame motor P, the contacts in switch Q have been already considered. In switch R, the wires to the four contacts have also been described. For switch S, contact I is connected by wire ES to contact I of relay B. The connection for contact 2 of switch S has been described.

Referring now to switch T, contact I is connected to junction wire J c which wire has already been traced. Contact 2 of switch T is connected to contact I of motor P. Contact 2 of switch T is also connected by wire T3 to contact 3 of relay B. The number 2 contact of frame motor P has already been described as connected to junction wire J 1).

Referring now to the primary V of the power transformer, this is connected to a conventional plug for application to a socket of a conventional volt 60 cycle circuit. The lower wire of this plug is connected to the lower terminal of the transformer primary through a fuse. The upper terminal of this plug is connected by wire W2 to the upper terminal of the transformer primary and also to the right terminal of reset relay W.

Referring now to relay A, contact I is connected to junction wire Jj. This wire connects contacts M'I, Q5, T7, and continues to socket sd (Fig. 9). The remainder of J 7' through plug pd has already been traced. Contact A2 is connected by wire AD through socket sb and plug job to D'I5 (Fig. Contact A3 is connected by wire HA to junction H" NA and has been traced. Contact n4 is connected to A6 and this latter contact is connected by-wire D'A to Dl-fi. Contact :is connected by wire CHA to :junction 1GAS and has already been traced. The left terminal :of the Awindingis connectedto C9.

Relay B has contact Bi connected to wire 35' and to 'S'l. B2 is conneoted'to the .left terminal of the B winding and to D1. B3 is connected :to TB, previously traced. B4 is connected to :the right terminal of the B winding andalso to junction wire Jo going to the high side of transformer secondary W.

In :relay :0, C2 is connected by wire CN to .NJ ll. Cl is connected .to wire G'C already traced. C3 .is connected by wire CF to Fl. C4 is connected to wire .P"C going to socket sd and :has been traced. C5 is connected "by wire CFZ to F5. 06 is connected by .a jumper to F2 and to wire PF going to P21. Cl'is connected by'wire CU to U1 9. C8 is connected by wire CUZ to the left terminal of the winding for relay U. C9 has already been considered. C11] is connected by Wire SP3 to F3. The left "terminal of the C winding is connected by wire CC to junction ICC'R' and has already been traced.

Relay D has contact Di connected by wire lied) to socket sd and has :been traced. D2 is connected by UK to K3, as previously described. D3, D4, D6 and D? have already been traced. D5 is connected by wire DR. to contact R1. The left terminal of the winding for D is connected to Jo.

Contact E! is connected by wire EH to H3. E2 is connected by wire PE to P5. E3 is connected by wire HE to Hi. Ed has already been traced to socket .sa. E5 is connected by wire EXZ to socket .sb, then plug pb 'to X8. E6, E1. E9, and the left terminal of the E winding have been traced. E5 is connected by wire EU to Ud.

Contacts Fl to inclusive have already been traced. F8 is connected .by wire FR to R2. The left terminal of the winding for F is connected by wire RF to the left terminal of the winding for relay 3.

Contacts 1G1 and G4 are grounded to Jb. G12 and the left terminal of the G winding and G3 have already been considered.

Contact H! has already been traced. H2 is connected by wire PH to P! and "H3 has been previously considered.

Referring now to relay K, contact l of this relay is connected to contact 1 of relay M by wire .KMZ. Contact 2 of this relay K is connected by wire 2K to a terminal on socket so.

Contacts K3, M2, M4, Nl'll, N112, Q8,R I l, S6, T6,

U! and V3 are connected to bus-bar Jlc. Contact '-'l is connected by wire Hi to a terminal on socket .se. The connections for contacts '5, 5, 1', 8, l9, 1!, I3, 15 and 1:9 have already been described. Contacts KS, M9, Q3 and V5 are connected together by wire Jn. Contacts K82, K14, K15, 'MIZ, MM, Mie, N3, N5, Pl, Q2, R3, S3, T3 and V2 are connected by wire JM. Contact 11 of relay K is connected by wire l'iK to a terminal on socket se. Contacts K18 and Mill are connected by wire KMS. Contact 28 of the relay is connected to the left terminal of the operating winding for this relay.

Referring now to relay M, contacts I, 2, 4, 5, 6., l, 8, 9, ll], ll, l2, l3, 14, 1'5, l6, l8, 19 have already been described. Contact 3 of this relay is connected by wire 3M to a terminal of socket se. Contact l] of relay M is connected by wire M to contact ll of relay N. Contact 20 of relay M :14 "is connected to the left terminal :ofthe operating windingior this :relay.

Referring 'now to relay N, contacts N! and R9 are connected by wire .NR. ContactsN2 and S2 are connected by wire Contactst, 4, 5, .6, 1, 8., 1311, kl, 112,13, l4 and I5 havealready been considered. Contact :9 of relay .N .is connected by wire iQN to :a terminal -:on :socket se. Contact 1.6 .of relay N is connected to the lefthand terminal :of the :operating winding Jior this relay.

inrelay P, contacts 1,3, '4, "5, .l, 9, .l I, 1.2, M, 15, It, [1,19 and 121 have beenconsidered. Contact 2 of this relay is connected "by wire 2P .to oontactjfi of :relay U. Contacts 6, 8 and it are connected by wire GP .to contact 6 of relay U. Contact i relay .P is connected by wire [3P xto contactiZ 'of "relay 1U contactP I18 is connected .byPU to U1. Contact .20 soif'relay P is connected by wire 20F to a terminal on socket to. Contact .22 of relayP is connectedito the "left terminal of the operating winding for this :relay.

.Now referring to relay Q, contacts I :to *5 in elusive, 8 and 9 have already been described. Contact l is connected by wire 1Q to a terminal of socket se. The end contact m of this relay is connected .toth-e left terminal of the operating winding for this relay.

in relay R, contact '1' is connected by wire IR to contact I :of relay T and contact 9 of relay U. The connections for contacts .2 to l'inclusive and 6, 1, 8, 9 and H have already been considered. Contact '5 of relay R is connected by wire 5R. to a terminal of socket vare. The next contact of relay R which has not been considered is It and this is connected by wire 10R to a terminal of socket se.

Refer-ring now to relays, contact I of this relay is connected by wire is to contact T2. Contact 5 of relay S is connected by wire 58 to a terminal of socket se. Contact 12 of relay S is connected to the left terminal of the operating winding for this relay. The remaining contacts of relay S have already been accounted for.

Now referring to relay T, contact 5 of this relay is connected "by'wire *5T to a terminal of socket so. Contact 8 of relay T is connected to the left hand terminal of the operating winding for this relay. The remaining contacts of relay T have already been considered. Contact 8 of relay U is connected by wire 8U to a terminal of socket se. Otherwise the connections for U have been accounted for.

Referring now to relay V, contact 4 of this relay is connected by wire iv to a terminal of socket se. Contact 6 of this relay is connected to the left terminal of the operating winding for this relay.

Referring now to plug e (Fig. 10) the continuations of the wires from socket so will now be traced. Wire SR is common to pin lights I, 2, '3, '5, '5, 8 and 9 while ER is common to pin lights 4, 1, I0, spare and strike. Wires IIJR, 4K, 3M, 9N, 2K, 1Q, 58, llK, 4V, 5T are connected to pin lights I to H! respectively. Wires 8U and '20P go to the spare and strike lights respectively.

Stepping switch B (Fig. 12) has only two positions. This switch has a reset winding which permits the switch to zero to a solo position upon one operation of switch A. The second operation of A" causes the operating winding of B to advance the switch to a dual play position. This switch B has contact l grounded to Jb. Contact 2 is connected by wire BC' to contact C'B (Fig. 11). These contactsl and 2 of B" are open in the solo position and closed. in the dual position by means of apin on the ratchet disc. The switch is shown in the solo-position. The operating winding of B has its right terminal connected by wire BZ to contact Z5 (Fig. 13). The left terminal of the B operating winding has already been accounted for. The top terminal of the B reset winding is connected by wire ZB' to contact Z4. The left terminal of the C reset winding (Fig. 11) is also connected to Z4, the right terminal of the C reset winding being grounded. Thus both E and C are reset simultaneously.

Referring again to B, grounded two blade wiper 6 (driven by the ratchet disc) cooperates with two pairs of stationary contacts I2, I3 and Id, I5. Contact I2 is connected by wire I2B' to the top terminal of the winding for relay Y (Fig. 13). Contact B'IS is connected by" wire I313 to the right terminal of. the 1 Player. light. Contact BI4 is connected by wire MB to the top terminal of the winding for relay X (Fig. 13) Contact BI5 is connected to theright terminal of the 2 Players light.

Referring now to stepping switch C, this has external terminals I to 25 inclusive as well as connections for both operating and reset windings. The connections for the reset and operating windings have already been described. Terminal I of stepping switch C is connected by wire IC to contact 3 of relay Z. Terminal 2 is connected to wire Jc. Terminal 3 of this stepping switch is connected by wire SC to contact 2 of relay Y. Terminal 4 of the stepping switch is connected by wire to terminals 9 and 24 of the stepping switch. Terminal 5 of this stepping switch is connected to wire DC previously traced. Terminal 6 of this stepping switch is connected to wire BC while terminal 1 of the stepping switch is connected by wire 10 to contact 2 of relay Z. Contact 8 of the stepping switch is grounded.

Terminals I to I9 inclusive of stepping switch C are connected by wires IGC' to ISC to frame lights I to I0 inclusive, these lights indicating the number of the frame being played. Terminal 28 of stepping switch C is connected by wire 20C to contact 3 of relay X. Terminal 21 of the steppin switch is connected by wire 2IC to contact of relay while 0'22 is connected by wire 22C to contact I of relay X.

Terminal 23 of the stepping switch is connected to wire CR'Z. Terminal 24 has already been considered and C25 is connected by wire 25C to contact 2 of relay X.

Referring now to relay X (Fig. 13) contacts I, 4, and 9 are connected together to ground wire J b. The remaining contacts and connections for the operating winding for this relay have already been traced.

Now referring to relay Y, contact I is connected to the lower terminal of the operating winding for this relay and as previously indicated is connected to wire AY. Contact 6 of this relay is connected to the top terminal for the operating winding of Z, these two being connected to supply wire Jc. Contact [1 is connected to contact 5 of relay Z. The remaining contacts for relay Y have already been traced.

Now referring to relay Z, the lower terminal of the operating winding for this relay is connected to contact I which is also connected to wire AZ. The remaining connections for this relay have already been traced. Referring now to stepping switch D, contacts I to 9 inclusive are connected by wires ID? to BDto lamps I to?! inclusive for showing the score of the first or solo player. Terminals D'I5 and DIfi have already been considered. .This switch has two contacts 2I and 22 which are normally open but closed against each other when the operating winding is energized. Contact 2I is connected to contacts I! and I8 of the switch. Contact 22 and the two terminals of the operating winding have already been considered.

Stepping switch D" (Fig. 11) is similar to D as far as external connections are concerned. Thus D"I to D"9 inclusive are connected by wires ID" to 9D" to lamps I to 9 inclusive of the second player score indicator. The remaining connections are similar with D2I being connected to D"Il' and D"I8 and D22 being connected to wire HE at junction HED" as previously pointed out. The connections for the operating winding of D" have already been described.

Stepping switches E and E are also similarly connected, these switches handling score values about 9. Thus E has contacts 2 and 4 grounded to Jb. Contacts I and 3 have already been considered. Contact E'5 is connected to the top terminal of the reset winding. Stepping switch E is a conventional scoring switch and has contacts and wipers for handling scores from 10 to 300 in units of tens. Thus E" has single blade Wipers 6 and I and a double bladed wiper 8. An outer series of contacts II) to '90 inclusive is provided. Inner contacts I00, 200 and 300 are provided. The angular extent of the series I 0 to 90, and the angular extents of each of contacts I00, 200 and 300 are so related to each other and the ratchet step angle that for each single ratchet disc advance the score is increased by 10. Thus as shown, the switch is in what may be termed a minus zero position. To steps clockwise, wiper 8 will engage contact I0. Each of the contacts is connected to one terminal of a corresponding score lamp for the first player. Wiper 8 is advanced by successive steps to and the next advance of 8 will bring the shorter blade onto contact Hill. At the same time wiper 1 will be advancing to contact It so that after I00, the next wiper advance due to ratchet action will cause wiper 'I to touch contact I0. This will continue till wiper 'I is at 90 and wiper 8 is at the end of I00. The next step of E will cause wiper blade 6 to be one step before I9 and wiper 8 to be on the 200 contact. Wiper I will be dead. Further steps of E will advance wiper 6 over the ten series of contacts while wiper 8 presses on the 200 contact. The final step will be when wiper 6 goes one step beyond 99 and permits wiper '8 to contact the 300 strip. This is the end of the travel range for the switch. It is understood that each time the operating winding is energized, the ratchet is advanced, the wipers being attached to the ratchet. The energization of the reset winding will permit the ratchet to return in response to the spring bias, the return position being a minus zero position, as shown. In this position contacts I and 2 engage and 3 and 4 engage. After E has advanced one step clockwise, finger 4 is moved against 5 and the remaining fingers are open. Fingers 2 and 4 are grounded to Jb while the remaining fingers have already been considered.

The second player scoring switch E is connected similarly and the construction and operation are also the same. 

